France: The Best African Team

Who says CIV or Egypt is the best African team. It is France,the stealer of African-French players


The French National Team- 46 Recent National call- ups

(Players born in Africa)
Steve Mandanda Kinshasa, Zaire
Jean-Alain Boumsong Douala, Cameroon
Patrice Evra Dakar, Senegal
Patrick Donalé Vieira Dakar, Senegal
Claude Makélélé Sinda Kinshasa, Zaire (Now Congo)
Rio Antonio Zoba Mavuba Born at sea Angolan and Congolese descent
6 players approximtely 1 out of 8 players called up


Players with African descent (slippery slope here, all born in France)
Bacary SagnaSens, France Senegalese descent
Alou Diarra Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France Malian descent
Hatem Ben ArfaClamart (Hauts-de-Seine), France Tunisian descent
Vassiriki Abou DiabyParis, France Ivorian descent
Djibril Cissé Arles, France Ivorian descent
With these 5 added, it accounts for less than 25% of the National Team
Many of these players will consider themselves as French

Other "minorities"
French Overseas Department
(Born Overseas)

Florent Malouda Cayenne, French Guiana, France
Lilian Thuram Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe,
Frédéric Piquionne Nouméa, New Caledonia
(Born in France with oversea descent)


Éric AbidalLyon, France Martinique descent
William Gallas Asnières-sur-Seine, France Guadeloupian descent
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